I captured several dozen images from Chesterman Beach, and they have proven a great source of inspiration for poems and stories, a series from which I share five examples here
Tag: beauty
Harmony
I wonder at the patterns in the sand
How they got there
The intricate harmonies of line and shape
What could create such beauty?
How they got there
The intricate harmonies of line and shape
What could create such beauty?
Then the wave comes
And I wonder anew
At the interplay of moving water and sand
The rivulets and eddies and smaller waves
Waves ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #27
I watch the flow of time
The rise and ebb of civilizations
Like waves rolling up
On a long, shallow beach
The rise and ebb of civilizations
Like waves rolling up
On a long, shallow beach
Each wave believing
It will roll on forever
Obstacles
The obstacles in my path
Alter my flow
Creating new patterns
Of experience
In the eddies
Alter my flow
Creating new patterns
Of experience
In the eddies
Beautiful patterns
Surprising, exquisite
Challenging, evocative
Alarming, provocative
Shadows and Rust
As the days go by
Time chips away
At memories
Falling away
As flakes of rust
From old iron
Time chips away
At memories
Falling away
As flakes of rust
From old iron
As the years proceed
The man I was
Drifts further
And further
Into the shadows
Until, in the mirror
There is only
The man who is
Measuring Time
I measure time
Not in terms of history
But by how much
I have left to do
Not in terms of history
But by how much
I have left to do
Gathering Dusk
In the gathering dusk
I am grateful
For a fast, wide lens
And a ridiculously high
ISO
I am grateful
For a fast, wide lens
And a ridiculously high
ISO
Else I’d have never known
The depths of blue
The click of a shutter
Could create
In just half a second
Old Wood
I love old wood
Its warmth
Its texture
Its warmth
Its texture
I love the way time
And the elements enhance
Its beauty
Its value
Off the rails
Sometimes
Life goes
Off the rails
Life goes
Off the rails
I can let
The consequences
Lay where they come to rest
Or
Pix to Words 